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Movies that feel likeRush Hour (1998)

When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.

If you loved Rush Hour, the closest films we have are Tower Heist (2011), I Went Down (1997) and The Other Guys (2010). All three share Rush Hour's kinetic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Police Story (1985).

🍅 62% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Brett Ratnerkineticwittyplayfulgritty
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Rush Hour 2 (2001) · Rush Hour 3 (2007)

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Tower Heist
2011 · dir. Brett Ratner
🍅 67%★ 6.2action · comedy

Ratner's snappy pacing again, aimed at amateurs pulling one big heist

The difference: No martial arts and no duo — an ensemble caper with lower stakes

A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of petty crook Slide to steal the $20 million they’re sure is hidden in the penthouse.

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I Went Down
1997 · dir. Paddy Breathnach
🍅 84%★ 6.7action · comedy · crimePrime Video

Two mismatched strangers stuck together on a job neither wanted

The difference: Scruffy Irish crime talk over spectacle — fights barely register

Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It's a tougher assignment than it seems: Git's a novice, Bunny's prone to rash acts, Frank doesn't want to be found (and once he's found, he has no money), and maybe Tom's planning to murder Frank, which puts Git in a moral dilemma. Then, there's the long-ago disappearance of Sonny Mulligan. What's a decent and stand-up lad to do?

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The Other Guys
2010 · dir. Adam McKay
🍅 78%★ 6.7comedy · action · crimeNetflixStarz

A mismatched cop pairing where the bickering is the real engine

The difference: Straight parody — the action itself is the punchline

Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.

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The Heat
2013 · dir. Paul Feig
🍅 66%★ 6.6action · comedy · crime

By-the-book fed, loose-cannon local — friction turning into loyalty

The difference: The comedy carries it — action set pieces are an afterthought

Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals. Neither has ever had a partner, or a friend for that matter. When these two wildly incompatible law officers join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: buddies.

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Police Story
1985 · dir. Jackie Chan
🍅 90%★ 7.5action · crime · comedyMax

Chan's stunt work at full power — the slum chase tops most finales

The difference: Subtitled Hong Kong grit with real bruises and no American foil

Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Selina, who will testify against the gangster in court.

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Beverly Hills Cop
1984 · dir. Martin Brest
🍅 83%★ 7.4comedy · crime · action

A fast-talking outsider cop working a personal case on LA turf

The difference: Solo act — laughs come from patter, not fight choreography

Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.

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Mr. Nice Guy
1997 · dir. Sammo Hung
🍅 45%★ 6.3crime · action · comedy

Improvised prop fights and a bystander dragged into gang trouble

The difference: No buddy dynamic — a thin plot just connecting the set pieces

A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.

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Twin Dragons
1992 · dir. Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
🍅 43%★ 6.4action · comedy · crimePrime Video

Jackie Chan doubled — mistaken-identity chaos with martial-arts timing

The difference: A creakier farce — the gimmick does more work than the story

Identical twins are separated at birth, one becoming a streetwise mechanic, and the other an acclaimed classical concert conductor. Finally meeting in adulthood, they're mistaken for the other and entangled in each other's worlds.

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Pineapple Express
2008 · dir. David Gordon Green
★ 6.9action · comedy · crimeHulu

Two guys on the run whose panicked squabbling fuels the action

The difference: Stoner-paced hangout — it ambles where Rush Hour sprints

A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.

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Taxi 3
2003 · dir. Gérard Krawczyk
★ 5.8action · comedy · crime

A French take on the cop-and-civilian double act, chases included

The difference: The weakest Taxi entry — tired gags and a thin Santa-gang plot

A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis. After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, Daniel and his super-taxi pitch in.

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The A-Team
2010 · dir. Joe Carnahan
🍅 48%★ 6.7action · comedy · crimeStarz

Kinetic and witty in the same breath

A man who loves when a plan comes together, Col. Hannibal Smith leads a close-knit team of elite operatives and Iraq War veterans. Framed for a crime they didn't commit, Smith and his men, Capt. H.M. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock , Sgt. Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus, and Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, break out and go rogue, using their special talents to clear their names and find the perpetrator. Hot on their trail is Capt. Charissa Sosa, who was once involved with a member of Smith's team and has sworn to capture them, no matter what it takes.

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2 Guns
2013 · dir. Baltasar Kormákur
🍅 64%★ 6.7action · comedy · crimeNetflixStarz

Both land play and grit at once

A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.

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